Improvement in sights for fire-arms



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Sight for Fire-Arms No. 214.331. Patented April 15, 1879.

METERS, PNOTO-UTHQGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT 'OFFIoE;

OLIVER D. WARFIELD, OF GHIOOPEE FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNQR TQWINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS COMPANY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONN.

IMPROVEMENT IN SIGHTS FOR FIRE-ARMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 214,331, dated April15, 1879; application filed March 21, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER D. WARFIELD, of Ohicopee Falls, in the countyof Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certainImprovements in Combination Gun- Sights, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists in a gun-sight so constructed that its cover canbe turned up or down and be held in either position at will, thusenabling it to be converted from a covered to an open sight, or viceversa, as hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved sight with the coverelevated. Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the cover turned down. Fig.3 is a sectional view on the line a: w of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is asectional view on the line 3 4] of Fig. 2.

To construct my improved sight I first make the sight A, which is asolid rigid piece, secured firmly to a base-piece, 0, made to fit in atransverse groove in the top of the barrel in the usual manner The sightA is made wider and heavier than is usual with the ordinary bead-sights,so as to provide sufficient mate rial and room for pivoting the cover Bto it, its upper end or point bein g provided with a small knob, or whatis technically termed a bead, of any desired style, either solid or withan aperture throughit, as may be preferred. I then provide a cover, B,which is made of steel or other elastic material, bent into the form ofa circle, with its two extremities extending radially and parallel witheach other far enough to form arms, by which it can be pivoted to thesight A by means of a transverse pin, 1), as shown in the severalfigures, this part B being so bent that when applied to the part A itsarms will press snugly against the sides of the latter.

On one side of the part A there is made a small projection, c, as shownin Figs. 2, 3, and 4, and on the inner face of the arm of the cover B onthe same side there is made a small notch or recess, d, as shown in Fig.3, this notch being arranged in such relation to the projection 6 on theside of the part A that when the cover is turned up the projection 0will e11- gage in the notch d, as shown in Fig. 3, and thereby lock thecover fast and hold it upright, and yyhen it is turned down. the bottomend of the arm will bear against the front side of the projection. e, asshown in Fig. 4, and thus hold it fast in that position also.

It is obvious that the projection 0 may be located at any otherpoint-as, forinstance, directly over or under the pin Z1-and the arm ofthe cover be provided with two recesses, so located that one shallengage with it when the cover is turned up and the other when turneddown, in which case the body of the I part- A might be made narrowerfrom front to rear.

So, too, it is obvious that the projection may be made on the arm of thepart B, and the recess or recesses be made in the part A and stilloperate the same.

. The pin I) should be made to protrude somewhat on the side where thelocking devices are applied, so that as the arm rides over theprojection c, and which will, of course, force it outward a distanceequal to the height of the projection, it will not slip off the pin andallow it to become detached.

The pivot-pin Z2 is located near one edge of the part A, as shown inFigs. 3 and 4', and the corners of the arms at that side are roundedoff, so as to permit the pivot to be as'near the base of the sight aspossible, and at the same time permit the use of a tolerably wide cover,and allow it to be turned over-without difficulty. When turned down itis below the point of the sight A, and does not in any manner interferewith the use of the latter as an open sight. 7

By this construction I provide a sight which can be instantly convertedfrom an open to a covered sight, or vice versa, and in which the samesight is used in both cases, thus avoiding the necessity of providingtwo separate sights, as has heretofore been the practice in sights ofthis class.

Another advantage of this construction is that the sight proper remainsfixed and rigid, and not being moved with the cover is less liable tobecome loosened by wear, or to be moved or displaced accidentally.Moreover,

it is strong, and therefore less liable to be ac- 2. The sight A, incombination with the pivcidentally broken or injured in the handlingoted cover B, the said parts being provided of the gun, as frequentlyoccurs with the more with means, substantially such as described,delicately-arranged sights which have heretowhereby said cover may beheld in position fore been constructed. 7 either up or down, as setforth.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim-is OLIVER D. WARFIELD.

l. A combination gun-sight consisting of the stationary or fixed sight Aand the hinged Witnesses: or pivoted cover B, arranged to operate sub-J. W. OsGooD, stantially as described. F. O. WOODSTOCK.

